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Albany lawmakers come to deal on discovery in state budget talks

ALBANY — Progress seems to have been made on changes to the state’s discovery laws in the after hours of Wednesday. Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie, D-Bronx, told Spectrum News Capitol Tonight reporter Kate Lisa “discovery’s done” in the halls of the Capitol on ...

10 guards charged over fatal beating of inmate, including 2 with murder

UTICA — Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old inmate last month — including two charged with murder. It’s the second time a group of correctional officers in the state was indicted for a death behind bars this year. The ...

Visa cancellations sow panic for international students

WASHINGTON — At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the U.S., and they’d discovered in early April their legal status had been terminated with little notice. To their knowledge, none ...